YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND a "Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Prerequisites, Strategies, Measures” Conference to be held on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. (registration starts at 1:30 p.m.) to 7:00 p.m. at  Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, 2 Velyka Zhytomyrska Street, Kyiv, Ukraine.

The event is organized by the International Council of Business Associations and Chambers in Ukraine  (ICBAC) and Ukrainian-Austrian Association (UAA) in partnership with ICBAC members: British Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce (BUCC, www.bucc.com.ua), Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Franco-Ukrainienne (www.ccifu.com.ua), Chinese Commerce Association (CCA, http://www.cca.com.ua/), Deutsch-Ukrainische Industrie- und Handelskammer (http://ukraine.ahk.de),  Turk Ukrayna Isadamlari Dernegi (TUID, http://v2.tuid.org.ua/), Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI, www.ucci.org.ua), and U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC, www.usubc.org).

ICBAC was created on April 19, 2017 to serve as a unifying platform for the trade associations to discuss the current economic situation and the investment framework, submit proposals to the Government of Ukraine on the improvement of business self-governance conditions, economic situation and business climate, and address systemic issues which hinder foreign and domestic investments in Ukraine.

NOTE: the invitation is NOT transferable.

Working language: English; simultaneous translation into Ukrainian will be provided.

RSVP:  Please register your participation by sending an email at: ldudnyk@usubc.org.

 

"FOREIGN DIRECT INVETMENT (FDI). PREREQUISITES, STRATEGIES, MEASURES” CONFERENCE

 Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

 Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, 2 Velyka Zhytomyrska Street, Kyiv, Ukraine

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U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)

1030 15th Street, N.W., Suite 555 W, Washington, D.C. 

Morgan Williams, mwilliams@usubc.org, www.usubc.org
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Conference: Foreign Direct Investment. Prerequisites, Strategies, Measures

May 29, 2018, 02:00 – 07:00 P.M.

                                                        Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv

 

Program                               

 

14:00               Introduction:             Alfred F. Praus, Chairman, Ukrainian-Austrian Association (UAA)

Gennadiy Chyzhykov, President, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI)                                                    

Opening addresses:    Stepan Kubiv, First Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine

 

14:30 -16:00   1st Panel: Prerequisites and Strategies

Panelists:         Stepan Kubiv, First Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine (tbc)

                       Gennadiy Chyzhykov, President, Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI)

Erhard Busek, Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria, inter alia Hon. President of Vienna Economic Forum, Chairman of Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe

Herbert Stepic, Former Chairman of Raiffeisen Bank International, President of Bank Aval

                       Andreas Lier, CEO, BASF Ukraine/Moldova

Moderated by: Alfred F. Praus, Chairman, Ukrainian-Austrian Association                                                

Followed by Q & A                           

16:00 – 16:30    Coffee & Tea break

16:30 – 18:15    2nd Panel: Strategies and Concrete Measures

Panelists:         Yulia Kovaliv, Head, National Investment Council of Ukraine

                        Bertrand Barrier, Partner, Jeantet Paris – Kyiv

                        Bate C. Toms, Chairman, British-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce (BUCC)

                        Burak Pehilvan, Chairman, International Turkish Ukrainian Business Association (TUID)

                        Alexander Markus, Chairman,  Deutsch-Ukrainische Industrie- und Handelskammer

                        Morgan Williams, President, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)                    

Moderated by:   Ruslan Osypenko, CEO, Chinese Commerce Association

Followed by Q & A

18:15 – 19:00      Networking session